Tag: Shift work
Childless employees face discrimination when planning vacations, says a study
In the study, approximately 570 voluntarily and involuntarily childless persons were interviewed in order to find out their experiences of workplace discrimination. It revealed that 60% of involuntarily childless respondents have experienced holiday and shift discrimination. A third of the respondents reported that they had experienced discrimination related to infertility or fertility treatments in the…
Are there any downsides to our obsession with serial killers?
In today’s program we dig into this serial killer craze. Many serial killers are given a place in the culture in the form of TV series and movies, but could it become a problem that we make them too human? We talk to the director Ali Abbasi, current with the film Holy Spider – about…
Friday’s newspapers: International workers ‘struggles, tire price hike and ban on overtime by nurses’ unions
The integration of foreigners into the Finnish workforce has been an embarrassing problem for years. Unnecessary language requirements are often a problem, and some job seekers say they have been discriminated against. On Friday Helsingin Sanomat tells about this On the efforts of the municipality of Espoo to map and process the access of people…
The ban on overtime and shift work in the public sector begins
Public sector workers have embarked on a week-long strike to draw attention to demands to improve pay and working conditions. The industrial struggle between the public sector unions JHL, Juko and Jyty began on Monday and will continue until Sunday 27 March. Despite the ban on overtime and shift work, employees continue to perform tasks…
Nurses face sleep disorders due to work stress, schedules: Research
The study is published in the ‘Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine’. “Nurses are already threatened by higher levels of depression and inadequate sleep due to the stress of patient care and the nature of shift work. The pandemic appears to have exacerbated these problems at the expense of nurses’ well-being,” he said. Amy Witkoski…
Nursing schools are struggling to attract applicants, without filling thousands of places
Finnish polytechnics struggle to complete nursing courses, despite the fact that there is a well-documented shortage of health care professionals in the country. "When you think about the current picture of nursing, frankly, it’s scary. It doesn’t attract people, it drives them out of the industry," Katri Ryttyläinen-Korhonen, Xamkin ‘s head of education told Yle.…
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